Psychiatric emergency?

[turtwig]

I am on day three of detox.  I have been doing so so.  Well, my daughter started kindergarden on Monday and I cried the whole day!  And yesterday and today.  I feel so sad and so i dont know how to even explain how awful and sad i feel.  What can I do to help?  I took Ambien last night and it did not work!  Please help...I just called my psych. who also treats me for serious depression.  Could this be a side effect of withdrawals?//?

[beach777]

I think its absolutely normal to cry all day the day your child starts kindergarten. I used to teach kindergarten and most of the moms, and a few dads, did leave in tears after dropping off their child. It was the rule, not the exception. Unless you want to hurt yourself, I'd say your feelings are right on target, maybe a little raw b/c of the withdrawals but geez your kid started school......wait until he/she goes off to college.....you'll cry more than one day. Hey, I'm just trying to make you feel better and let you know it really is ok.

[tzt2lady]

Our emotions are numbed while using, whether we feel high or not.  When we stop we can find ourselves crying over things that we needed to cry about before and didnt.  
A child starting school is huge.  It is normal to cry.   It is absolutely going to happen more when our emotions arent numbed out.

[desertgirl]

i think it's a combo of both, when my son went to kindergarden i cried for about a week!

[turtwig]

Thanks guys..I have suffered with depression all of my life but never ever any feelings like now.  I am not in controll. But I just called my dr. and he offered to call me in more pills because he said I quit too fast and I lowered some antidepressant intake at the same time.  And I said NO..Ifeel so much better!!!!! He also said I should be feeling better in 2 days...But my serotinin would take a while!
Believe it or not I ran 2.5 miles day 1 and 2 of detox.  And am going again tomorrow.  Especially now that my tummy is calming down.  
But that you both for the inspiration.  Sometims you just need a different prespective...Amanda